Treaty of Versailles
Hitlers reign
Joseph Stalin taking over the soviet union<span />
Answer: D. One finds comfort in the familiar, even if the familiar is painful.
First person
It takes a bit of reading into the passage to see what point of view it is, because there is little indication in the first paragraph. The first indication that it is written in first person is the use of "us" at the end of that first paragraph. Then, in the subsequent paragraphs the reader sees that the author uses "I" several times, indicating first person perspective.